Tech

SWAN-song: Scotland Re-tenders WAN Framework For Up To £350m

Capita won current deal worth £325m to run public-sector networks until 2023 The Scottish government is re-tendering t... Read more

IETF Rates Itself 'minimally Acceptable' On Key Measures Of Community, Efficacy

Internet standards body admits to gender issues, communications problems, pledges fix for undefined 'high priority conc... Read more

WhatsApp Pulls Plug On Taliban Helpline, Shuts Down Official-looking Accounts

Terrorists' complaint service a bridge too far for encrypted chat biz For months, Facebook's WhatsApp paid no attention... Read more

CES To Require Proof-of-vaccination At 2022 Tech Mega-conference

Because what happens in Vegas doesn't always stay in Vegas After going entirely virtual this year, the Consumer Electro... Read more

CEO Secrets: Don't Ask For All Your Funding Up Front

Don't ask for all your funding at once, says Zazuu CEO Kay Akinwunmi, but in smaller chunks. Read more

Never Mind Going Electric, Where Will We Park?

UK roads are already jam-packed and that looks set to get worse as more people snap up EVs. Read more

UK's Newport Wafer Fab Now Under Chinese Ownership

Government's promised review hasn't emerged, but Wingtech and Companies House say the deal is done The controversial sa... Read more

China Reports Local Chipmaking Boom With Output Up More Than 40%

PC and smartphone numbers also grew in 2021, suggesting supply chains are strong China has reported dramatic increase i... Read more

Pi Calculated To '62.8 Trillion Digits' With A Pair Of 32-core AMD Epyc Chips, 1TB RAM, 510TB Disk Space

Swiss uni challenges world record after 108 days and 9 hours of divisive effort Switzerland's University of Applied Sci... Read more

The Data Must Flow! Facebook And Google Funding Apricot – A 12,000-kilometre Sub Cable Across South-East-Asia

Nations from Indonesia to Japan to score 190 terabits per second of capacity some time in 2024 Google and Facebook will... Read more

Just How Hard Is It To Recycle A Jumbo Jet?

Thousands of aircraft were left on the tarmac due to Covid, and many will now be broken up for parts. Read more

Scalpel! Superglue! This Mouse Won't Fix Its Own Ball

Desk detritus baffles even the brainiest of boffins Who, Me?  Hurrah! A fresh week awaits! Who knows what delights lur... Read more

Facebook And Amazon Take Over Philippines-to-USA Sub Cable After China Mobile Quits

USA's Clean Networks plan appears to have scuppered Chinese participation in 108Tbit/sec CAP-1 cable Amazon Data Servic... Read more

China Warns Game Devs Not To Mess With History

Less-than-literal versions of the past criticised, because somebody needs to think of the children State-run China Nati... Read more

Would You Let A Robot Lawyer Defend You?

Why artificial intelligence is increasingly being used by the legal profession. Read more